If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
Psalm 139:7-10
The truth is that God never leaves us or forsakes us. God is the Reality. Jesus Christ said, "resist not evil," for Jesus knew that God is the reality. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. "And we know that God causes everything to work for good for those who are called to His purposes."
I love the story of Joseph in Genesis. Joseph is sold into slavery by his brothers, lied about, and unjustly held in prison. Thirteen years of his young life gone. His response when his brothers finally showed up was one of total love. "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." Genesis 50:20
Learning to trust God completely is what surrender is all about - trusting God no matter what appearances look like. Learning to "stand still" seems to be a difficult undertaking. "Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord." 2 Chronicles 20:17 Jesus said, "be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." John 16:33. We can learn to overcome the world by remembering who we are in God. The Kingdom of God is within.
Florence Scovel Shinn said, "All disease, all unhappiness, come from the violation of the law of love. Man's boomerangs of hate, resentment and criticism, come back laden with sickness and sorrow. Love seems almost a lost art, but the man with the knowledge of spiritual law knows it must be regained, for without love he has "become as sounding brass and tinkling cymbals." 1 Corinthians 13:1
Florence Scovel Shinn is my favorite metaphysical author. You can read the books of Florence Scovel Shinn online or listen to "The Game of Life and How to Play It" free of charge. Please make a donation to the organizations after you read and/or listen and if you find the book(s) or audio(s) useful.
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Friday, September 6, 2013
Thursday, September 5, 2013
What On Earth Are We Here For?
What on earth are we here for? I began asking myself that question as soon as I was old enough to ask questions. As I got into my teen years I began asking other people that question and some folks were not so kind in their responses to me. But that's okay. They don't understand.
I'm certainly no expert on the subject, but the best thing I've come up with is that we are experiencing experience and we're all part of One God. We emanated from God, Infinite Intelligence, Higher Power, Allah. We live because God put breath in each of us and He will take it away. Each of us is a drop of water in the Infinite Sea of the Infinite One. We will go back into Infinite Intelligence when we completely remember Who We Are. In the meantime we experience the life extravaganza we imagine, good or bad. My choice is to imagine blessings, joy, love and lots of good things for my life. We all have free will and we can believe whatever we want. As ye believe, so shall it be done unto you.
It seems that God hid the truth in plain sight and gave us free will. God says to test Him out. "Prove me herewith saith the Lord of Hosts if I shall not open the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing there shall not be room enough to receive it." God has left the door wide open and He has given us free will to decide for ourselves if we want to remember Him or not. He doesn't force Himself on us. All we have to do is give it a try.
The other thing that happens is cause and effect, or karma. What goes around, comes around. What we have done to others will be done to us, so to speak. "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord." So do be careful what you say and do because it will surely come back to you. I do believe though that we can get off the wheel of karma, with complete surrender to God. Surrender in simple, but it's not easy.
Forgiveness is a huge part of complete surrender. Forgiveness is a decision and it begins to take hold little by little. You begin to notice yourself changing, thinking and behaving differently. Not because you have to, but because you are remembering who you are in God. I believe that it's all part of experiencing experience. Each of us are connected to every other person because we all emanated from God. Each of us affects each other. We are all part of One God.
Of course, most people aren't anywhere near feeling One with everyone else or God. But that's okay. All I'm here to do is present the thought. And now that you've read this, it has at been presented to you. Whether you agree, or give it a second thought is not up to me. You have free will. You can simply go on experiencing your experience.
If you enjoyed this post, please go on and read my post Quieting the Mind in Meditation, and The Yoga of Jesus and also my post Yoga and Christ. If you enjoy this blog, please share a link to it with others! Thank you, Terrie
If you enjoy this blog, please share a link to it with others! Terrie
© Copyright 2013 - http://bodymindandspirit2.blogspot.com/
I'm certainly no expert on the subject, but the best thing I've come up with is that we are experiencing experience and we're all part of One God. We emanated from God, Infinite Intelligence, Higher Power, Allah. We live because God put breath in each of us and He will take it away. Each of us is a drop of water in the Infinite Sea of the Infinite One. We will go back into Infinite Intelligence when we completely remember Who We Are. In the meantime we experience the life extravaganza we imagine, good or bad. My choice is to imagine blessings, joy, love and lots of good things for my life. We all have free will and we can believe whatever we want. As ye believe, so shall it be done unto you.
It seems that God hid the truth in plain sight and gave us free will. God says to test Him out. "Prove me herewith saith the Lord of Hosts if I shall not open the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing there shall not be room enough to receive it." God has left the door wide open and He has given us free will to decide for ourselves if we want to remember Him or not. He doesn't force Himself on us. All we have to do is give it a try.
The other thing that happens is cause and effect, or karma. What goes around, comes around. What we have done to others will be done to us, so to speak. "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord." So do be careful what you say and do because it will surely come back to you. I do believe though that we can get off the wheel of karma, with complete surrender to God. Surrender in simple, but it's not easy.
Forgiveness is a huge part of complete surrender. Forgiveness is a decision and it begins to take hold little by little. You begin to notice yourself changing, thinking and behaving differently. Not because you have to, but because you are remembering who you are in God. I believe that it's all part of experiencing experience. Each of us are connected to every other person because we all emanated from God. Each of us affects each other. We are all part of One God.
Of course, most people aren't anywhere near feeling One with everyone else or God. But that's okay. All I'm here to do is present the thought. And now that you've read this, it has at been presented to you. Whether you agree, or give it a second thought is not up to me. You have free will. You can simply go on experiencing your experience.
If you enjoyed this post, please go on and read my post Quieting the Mind in Meditation, and The Yoga of Jesus and also my post Yoga and Christ. If you enjoy this blog, please share a link to it with others! Thank you, Terrie
If you enjoy this blog, please share a link to it with others! Terrie
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Chemicalization
When you challenge old thoughts with new thoughts, ego fights back. May be you've heard the saying that often things appear to get worse before they get better. This means that a part of the process of improvement is a process that seems like things are getting worse. However, what appears to be everything going wrong is chemicalization. Chemicalization is a process where the new thoughts are replacing our old worn out thoughts, but the old is tenaciously hanging on. Things may seem to be going wrong, but hang on to your faith.
Emmet Fox describes the healing process of chemicalization:
Does chemicalization sound like a negative process to you? Yes it's an uncomfortable experience, but it is worth going through it. Chemicalization is a sign that good things are taking place. Something higher and better can't come and won't come if the old is still in place. Jesus said new wine can't go into old wine skins.
God's love is working in chemicalization. Know that it is good. A healing is taking place in your world and meet chemicalization in a non-resistant way. Soon brighter conditions will appear.
Chemicalization is happening in the world too. We are moving into the age of light and spiritual transformation is happening on a grand scale. The world at large is undergoing chemicalization and as the world goes though this chemicalization process it may appear as though everything is going wrong.
Things may appear to get worse in the world. Part of the process of improvement is a process where it seems like things are getting worse. However, what seems to be everything going wrong is chemicalization. In our personal life when we change our thoughts we may experience chemicalization and chemicalization may happen in the world too. New thoughts are replacing the old thoughts in the world, but the old thoughts in the world are tenaciously hanging on. For a while it may appear as if everything is going wrong, but hang on to your faith.
Consider an actual chemical process where two chemicals are mixed together and the mixture bubbles up. We must learn how to look past what is happening at the moment and see what will happen after the chemical process has settled down and is complete.
God can help us and will help us and others get through the process of chemicalization. Depending on your level of belief and how you feel most comfortable praying, ask for God's help. I pray and ask for His help all the time, every day, as often as I am able to. I affirm love, good-will, blessings, and appreciation for all the help God gives me. God will not force His help on you, you must ask. We all have free will. If you want God's help and are willing to allow God to help you, ask for it. But remember this, you mustn't limit God by telling Him how He has to help you. Trust in the Lord and lean not on your own understanding. Humble yourself and just ask Him for His help and then let Him do His thing. Psalm 78:41
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen. Hebrews 11:1. Let us not grow weary in our faith.
If you enjoyed this post, please go on and read my post Quieting the Mind in Meditation, Looking into Infinity and Yin Yoga: Surrender and Receptivity of Body, Mind and Spirit. If you enjoy this blog, please share a link to it with others! Thank you, Terrie Harmer
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Emmet Fox describes the healing process of chemicalization:
"It seems as though everything begins to go wrong at once. This may be disconcerting, but it is really a good sign. Suppose your whole world seems to rock on its foundation. Hold on steadily, and let it rock, and when the rocking is over, the picture will have reassembled itself into something much nearer to your heart's desire."
Does chemicalization sound like a negative process to you? Yes it's an uncomfortable experience, but it is worth going through it. Chemicalization is a sign that good things are taking place. Something higher and better can't come and won't come if the old is still in place. Jesus said new wine can't go into old wine skins.
God's love is working in chemicalization. Know that it is good. A healing is taking place in your world and meet chemicalization in a non-resistant way. Soon brighter conditions will appear.
Chemicalization is happening in the world too. We are moving into the age of light and spiritual transformation is happening on a grand scale. The world at large is undergoing chemicalization and as the world goes though this chemicalization process it may appear as though everything is going wrong.
Things may appear to get worse in the world. Part of the process of improvement is a process where it seems like things are getting worse. However, what seems to be everything going wrong is chemicalization. In our personal life when we change our thoughts we may experience chemicalization and chemicalization may happen in the world too. New thoughts are replacing the old thoughts in the world, but the old thoughts in the world are tenaciously hanging on. For a while it may appear as if everything is going wrong, but hang on to your faith.
Consider an actual chemical process where two chemicals are mixed together and the mixture bubbles up. We must learn how to look past what is happening at the moment and see what will happen after the chemical process has settled down and is complete.
God can help us and will help us and others get through the process of chemicalization. Depending on your level of belief and how you feel most comfortable praying, ask for God's help. I pray and ask for His help all the time, every day, as often as I am able to. I affirm love, good-will, blessings, and appreciation for all the help God gives me. God will not force His help on you, you must ask. We all have free will. If you want God's help and are willing to allow God to help you, ask for it. But remember this, you mustn't limit God by telling Him how He has to help you. Trust in the Lord and lean not on your own understanding. Humble yourself and just ask Him for His help and then let Him do His thing. Psalm 78:41
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen. Hebrews 11:1. Let us not grow weary in our faith.
If you enjoyed this post, please go on and read my post Quieting the Mind in Meditation, Looking into Infinity and Yin Yoga: Surrender and Receptivity of Body, Mind and Spirit. If you enjoy this blog, please share a link to it with others! Thank you, Terrie Harmer
© Copyright 2016 - Terrie Harmer. http://bodymindandspirit2.blogspot.com/
Monday, September 2, 2013
Settle Yourself in Solitude
"Settle yourself in solitude and you will come upon Him in yourself" Teresa of Avila
I have been a seeker always. I have spent my life searching, reading, studying, asking questions, thinking, and doing any activity that might possibly quench my thirst for God. I heard many times that It can't be found by seeking, but only seekers find It. It seemed like a frustrating riddle. Seeking became my obsession. Was I seeking God, Infinite Intelligence, my Higher Power or was I attached to seeking?
The Kingdom of God is within. Luke 17:21 It's already there. We didn't put It there. It's a gift from God. It's our choice to remember It, or not. We have the free will choice. It will not be forced upon us. We can be still and remember the Kingdom of God within. Psalm 46:10.
"Settle yourself in solitude and you will come upon Him in yourself." Seek first the Kingdom of God. People will say "it is over here" or "it is over there" and as a seeker you run over here and then over there and look over here and then look over there. But we don't need to because we can settle into silence every day for a little while and remember that the Kingdom of God is within. We must each do the work to remember and discover the Secret Place of the Most High God within ourselves.
In quietness and confidence is my strength. Isaiah 30:15. We all have a free will choice to say yes and remember the Kingdom of God within us. Trust in the Lord with all our heart and lean not on our own understanding. We don't need to know everything. We just need to know enough to settle ourselves in solitude and wait for the Lord.
If you enjoy this blog, please share a link to it with others! Terrie
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I have been a seeker always. I have spent my life searching, reading, studying, asking questions, thinking, and doing any activity that might possibly quench my thirst for God. I heard many times that It can't be found by seeking, but only seekers find It. It seemed like a frustrating riddle. Seeking became my obsession. Was I seeking God, Infinite Intelligence, my Higher Power or was I attached to seeking?
The Kingdom of God is within. Luke 17:21 It's already there. We didn't put It there. It's a gift from God. It's our choice to remember It, or not. We have the free will choice. It will not be forced upon us. We can be still and remember the Kingdom of God within. Psalm 46:10.
"Settle yourself in solitude and you will come upon Him in yourself." Seek first the Kingdom of God. People will say "it is over here" or "it is over there" and as a seeker you run over here and then over there and look over here and then look over there. But we don't need to because we can settle into silence every day for a little while and remember that the Kingdom of God is within. We must each do the work to remember and discover the Secret Place of the Most High God within ourselves.
In quietness and confidence is my strength. Isaiah 30:15. We all have a free will choice to say yes and remember the Kingdom of God within us. Trust in the Lord with all our heart and lean not on our own understanding. We don't need to know everything. We just need to know enough to settle ourselves in solitude and wait for the Lord.
If you enjoy this blog, please share a link to it with others! Terrie
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Sunday, September 1, 2013
Getting Back to the God Zone
What is the God Zone? I believe it is our natural state. I believe that we came from God/Infinite Intelligence/Christ Consciousness and that we have forgotten who we are. I also believe that we can get back into agreement with God. The key is to let go of the outside world and go deeply into the God Zone, as Christ did. Why would we want to? Is it even possible?
If we believe Genesis 1:26-27 which says, "God created man in His Own image" it is easy to believe it is possible. I believe it. I believe we are all created in God's image, like drops of water in the Infinite Ocean of God. However, most of humanity has chosen to forget. I want to remember. To remember I must stay present moment by moment.
Have you experienced instances that felt like you were in the God Zone? May be you were listening to lovely music and completely relaxed and all of a sudden the answer to some issue you had been praying about popped into your head seemingly from nowhere. Or maybe you were out riding a bike enjoying the gentle breeze as it quietly embraced your body and caressed your hair and enjoying the scenery, when an idea seemingly from nowhere came upon you. Another time perhaps silently praying alone or meditating with friends, relaxed and happy, perhaps the answer to some pressing situation in your life just popped into your head. You were in the God Zone. "Better one day in Your Courts then a thousand elsewhere." Psalm 84:10
We can choose to call on God our Higher Power any time we want to. We have free will. There is only One God, One Creator of the Universe. There is only One Higher Power and we all are part of that power. Jesus said, "I and my Father are One." John 10:30. With God all things are possible. You make the choice. You have the free will choice to believe or not to believe.
If you enjoyed this post, please go on and read my post Quieting the Mind in Meditation, and The Yoga of Jesus and also my post Yoga and Christ. If you enjoy this blog, please share a link to it with others! Thank you, Terrie
If you enjoy this blog, please share a link to it with others! Terrie
© Copyright 2013 - http://bodymindandspirit2.blogspot.com/
If we believe Genesis 1:26-27 which says, "God created man in His Own image" it is easy to believe it is possible. I believe it. I believe we are all created in God's image, like drops of water in the Infinite Ocean of God. However, most of humanity has chosen to forget. I want to remember. To remember I must stay present moment by moment.
Have you experienced instances that felt like you were in the God Zone? May be you were listening to lovely music and completely relaxed and all of a sudden the answer to some issue you had been praying about popped into your head seemingly from nowhere. Or maybe you were out riding a bike enjoying the gentle breeze as it quietly embraced your body and caressed your hair and enjoying the scenery, when an idea seemingly from nowhere came upon you. Another time perhaps silently praying alone or meditating with friends, relaxed and happy, perhaps the answer to some pressing situation in your life just popped into your head. You were in the God Zone. "Better one day in Your Courts then a thousand elsewhere." Psalm 84:10
We can choose to call on God our Higher Power any time we want to. We have free will. There is only One God, One Creator of the Universe. There is only One Higher Power and we all are part of that power. Jesus said, "I and my Father are One." John 10:30. With God all things are possible. You make the choice. You have the free will choice to believe or not to believe.
If you enjoyed this post, please go on and read my post Quieting the Mind in Meditation, and The Yoga of Jesus and also my post Yoga and Christ. If you enjoy this blog, please share a link to it with others! Thank you, Terrie
If you enjoy this blog, please share a link to it with others! Terrie
© Copyright 2013 - http://bodymindandspirit2.blogspot.com/
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